Omaha daily bee., 1887-10-16
A SHAMELESS ACT.
The Latest Brutality of the Dublin
Castle Government.
A LITTLE GIRL IMPRISONED.
Thrown Into Jail and Made an Asso-
ciate of Criminals.
MAGISTRATE SHOWS NO MERCY.
The Sentence Shortened in Order to
Prevent an Appeal.
POLITICAL AFFAIRS IN ENGLAND.
A COmmoner Talks On the Situation
in Parliament--Blainc Calls on
Clemenceau-Berlin and
Partisan Events-For.
cign News.
SHOWS NO MERCY.
The Sentence Shortened in Order to
Prevent an Appeal.
POLITICAL AFFAIRS IN ENGLAND.
A Swpct-Scented Official.

lCopWight foS, by James GORDON Benncfl
DUBLIN, Oct. ID New York Herald
Cable-Special to the BEE Great scandals
are again fathered by the Dublin Castle mis-
government The official appointed to assist
the county court Judge in the administration
of the new land act in Queens county is no
less person than Valentine Kinds, bailiff-
in-chief to Lord Lansdowne at Luggacurran.
He lives cheek by jowl with Lord Lans-
downe's rent office at Luggacurran and
within fifty yards of the cottages which have
been erected for the fifty families whom he
has been the principal instrument
in evicting. AS to-day's Freeman journal
says: "The land act administered by Lord
Lansdowne's bum bailiff is the very latest
and most horrible of rascalities of Irish
lifen
The second scandal occurred last evening
at Taghoen, Wexford, when special session
under the crimes act the first kind in the
country, was held before Messrs. Mcleod
and Bedkin, II. M. Twenty persons were
brought up charged with intimidation and
unlawful assembly. The greatest in
terest is centered in the proceed
ings One Of the score was a young
girl, Miss Mary Ann Lawler, who looked
defiantly pretty, but not so much detiantly as
to succeed in intimidating a bailiff. There
was no jury. Senior Magistrate Mcleod
said "Now TO come 10 this young and res
pectable girl. We did not like to send her TO
jail, because girls, once sent to prison, the
stigma adheres to them through life"
Mr.. Leamy:: of connsel-Under this act it
is no stigma to go to prison. 1t is an honor
lApplause.l
Magstrate-What we suggest is that she
enter into her own recognizancc for good
conduct.
Miss Lawler-I will give no security at all,
declaration received with loud and pro-
longed applause in court.
Magistrate Clear the court at once
The police set about carrying out this
order and the scene for time was one of the
greatest confusion. Mr. Leamy jumped up
and protested against the people being showed
by the police. Turning to Miss Lawler, Mr.
Leamy cried out: "You are the best little
girl in Ireland, and credit to your country'
Again and again the cheers resounded in and
around the court house.
Magistrate-We did everything in kind
ness that we possibly could.
Miss Lawler-Speak up, please, sir I can
not hear you with the noise.
Magistrate-We did ali we could to relieve
you of being sent to Jail, but now, as you de-
cline to give any undertaking, we must send
you to Jail for fourteen days with the rest.
Miss Lawler, in Il loud voice Very well, l
will go to jail
Mr. Leamy-It is a shame to send little
girl like that to Jail. would ask you to in
crease the sentence to six weeks imprison-
ment to allow us to appeal.
Mr. Mcmahon for tho crOwD-Oh No I
could not consent to that l am acting here
on behalf of the attorney general and have
not authority to consent to that. The sen,
tence has been pronounced.
Mr.. Leamy--I am asking the magistrates
and not the crown. The sentence must be
passed before the application could be made
Mr.. McMahon-The sentence has been very
lenent and the great kindness of the magis-
trate has been repulsed in the most indignant
manner. never saw such scene before.
Mr., Leamy-With regard to this little girl
what punishment is to be inflicted on her in
jaili Surely she is not be allowed to herd
with criminals and the worst characters in
Jail.
Magistrate-It is her own look out.
MIR. Leamy-Indeed, it is not her own look
out
Mr.. McMahon-I never saw such demeanol
JoQore.
Mr.. Leamy-I hope you have learned q
lesson as to the spirit of the people.
Mr.. Mcleod, to the petty sessions clerk
You had better make out the committals.
Late at night Miss Lawlor and two BOYS
hor co o.conspirators, Michael Devereaux and
John Kelly, were brought into Wexford Jail